Proverbs 10:18:3Prov.10.18.W3TAB
שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר
sifteshaker
“lips of falsehood”
- Transliteration
- sif-TE-sha-KER
- Extended
- sihf-TEE-shah-KEHR
- IPA
- /sifˈteː.ʃaˈqɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- lips of falsehood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sif-TE-sha-KER
- clause
me-kha-SE sin-A sif-TE-sha-KER
- sentence
me-kha-SE sin-A sif-TE-sha-KER u-mo-TSI dib-BA HU khe-SIL
Exegesis
The construct chain siftei-sheqer {שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁקֶר | śif-tei-šā-qer} ‘lips of falsehood’ functions instrumentally to specify the means of concealment.
In context — Proverbs 10:18
One who covers hatred has lips of falsehood, and one who brings out slander is a fool.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 10:18, so the Hebrew word שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר (sifteshaker) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.10.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.18.W3.S1) and character.